DEVELOPMENT OF FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS MODEL FOR DEVELOPER-REQUESTED HOUSING PROJECTS

  • Young-Ki Huh (School of Architecture, Pusan National University) ;
  • Bon-Gang Hwang (Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National Univ. of Singapore) ;
  • Joong-Seok Lee (POSCO Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd)
  • Published : 2009.05.27

Abstract

While many studies on feasibility analysis for housing projects have been released, the main focus was on economic feasibility and factors related to developers were not clearly identified enough to be used in practice. In order to establish a feasibility analysis model for apartment development projects requested by developers in Korea, 31 driving factors behind projects' success were identified under seven different categories. Criterions of the each factor were also developed, and weight of each factor was assigned by applying the Analytical Hierarchy Process(AHP). Finally, based on the Monte Carlo simulation, the feasibility analysis model was established, providing probability distribution of project's grade. The model was applied to 12 housing projects to verify its reliability, and found that the model properly filtered projects that are unlikely to be profitable, indicating reasonable reliability of the model. The model can be a useful tool for contractors, especially with less experience in analyzing project development feasibility.

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